VAALIMAA, Finland (Reuters) – Traffic into Finland across its southeastern border with Russia was busy on Friday, the border guard told Reuters, adding that the number of Russians who entered the previous day was more than double the number who arrived the week before. Finland is considering barring most Russians from entering as traffic arriving from …
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By Don Burgess and Ivelisse Rivera HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) -Bermudians boarded up windows and stocked up on groceries and flashlight batteries as Hurricane Fiona drew nearer on Thursday after causing several deaths and leaving many people sweltering without power in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Scott Barnes, who fishes for mahi-mahi and tuna, was …
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By Michelle Nichols, Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended Moscow’s war in Ukraine at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday as the United Nations warned Moscow against annexing Ukrainian regions and Western ministers called for accountability over atrocities. Lavrov was only in the council chamber to deliver …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Liz Truss has told her Israeli counterpart she is reviewing the location of Britain’s embassy in Israel, her office said on Thursday. Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid tweeted earlier on Thursday that he was grateful to her for considering moving the embassy to Jerusalem. The British embassy in Israel …
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(Reuters) – Russian-installed separatists in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region said on Tuesday they will stage a referendum on Sept 23-27 on joining Russia, and called on President Vladimir Putin to admit their territory to Russia as soon as possible after the vote. In a post on social media addressed to Putin, Denis Pushilin, head of …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Felix Light LONDON (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday announced plans by separatists in Ukraine to hold referendums paving the way for the formal annexation of swathes of territory after nearly seven months of war with its neighbour, a former Soviet republic. WHO WANTS A REFERENDUM? The self-styled Donetsk (DPR) and the …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Felix Light LONDON (Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday paved the way for the formal annexation of swathes of Ukrainian territory, backing referendum plans in areas of Ukraine its soldiers control in a direct challenge to the West that could sharply escalate the war. After nearly seven months of war, including a critical …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine on Thursday deleted a statement saying Energy Minister German Galushchenko had discussed the possibility of sanctions on Russia’s nuclear power supplier Rosatom with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. An energy ministry spokeswoman cited a misunderstanding when asked why the statement had disappeared from the ministry’s website, but she did not elaborate. The …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Michelle Nichols KYIV/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some draft-age Russians rushed to the borders on Thursday to escape their country’s biggest conscription drive since World War Two, as world powers rounded on Moscow at the United Nations, accusing it of escalating the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, responded with …
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By Alvise Armellini and Rodolfo Fabbri ROME (Reuters) – The leaders of Italy’s right-wing alliance put on a show of unity on Thursday and promised a new era of stable government at a closing rally three days before an election which they are on course to win. Giorgia Meloni of the Brothers of Italy (Fdi), …
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